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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the words around the hero's image describe at the end of the novel?
(a) The asylum.
(b) His mental instability.
(c) The Joker.
(d) Cowardly criminals.

2. After the pitchfork walker has passed the hero, what does the hero feel on the floor?
(a) Beetles.
(b) Hay.
(c) Blood.
(d) Scratched lettering.

3. What weapon has the captor used on the hostage in the secret room?
(a) A razor.
(b) A bat.
(c) A gun.
(d) A spear.

4. In what does Two Face lose interest at the end of the novel?
(a) Tarot cards.
(b) Dice.
(c) Hide and seek.
(d) His coin.

5. Who does the hero find inside the secret room?
(a) Cavendish and Ruth.
(b) Himself and Amadeus.
(c) Cavendish and the Joker.
(d) The Joker and Dr. Destiny.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which villain calls out to the hiding hero that the asylum plays tricks on the mind?

2. Which inmate complains that the Joker's plan was a bad one and that the hero is too dangerous?

3. Who destroys the asylum?

4. Who released the prisoners from the asylum?

5. What illegal substance does Amadeus begin to use himself?

Short Essay Questions

1. What in the novel makes a connection between past and present? Explain why.

2. How are the challenges facing the hero as he walks through the asylum parallel to Arkham's own challenges as simultaneously reflected in his journal?

3. What is ironic about Cavendish calling the hero a "mommy's boy"?

4. Where does the blood trail lead and what does the hero realize at the end of it?

5. What does Croc symbolize in the novel?

6. Explain how a statue helps save the hero's life.

7. How does the Mad Hatter explain "disorder"? What does he warn the hero about the asylum?

8. Why does Arkham write his journal? What does the location where he stores it say about him?

9. What effect has the secret room had on Cavendish and why?

10. Briefly discuss the symbolism of Two Face knocking down the card house.

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